Motivation and commitment: pre-service teachers from Hong Kong and Mainland China at a training institute in Hong Kong

Abstract

Due to increased international migration and the globalization of higher education, the demographic composition of both prospective and in-service teachers is becoming more and more hybrid in educational settings throughout the world (Menard-Warwick, 2008). [...]this study also sheds lights on how to sustain non-local prospective student teachers' motivation to teach and commitment to teaching, how to ensure their full participation in teaching practices after graduation, and how to retain young qualified teachers in the teaching profession, in educational settings elsewhere. [...]a longitudinal study following prospective student teachers over time to investigate fluctuations in their motivation to teach might provide insights into the interaction between their assessment and re-assessment of socio-cultural contexts, their evolving teaching identity and their motivation to teach.